A bill in the Florida House of Representatives to “clean up” voting is the latest sad chapter in the state’s handbook of voter suppression, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida. The legislation, sponsored...

A bill that would require candidates to prove they are natural born U.S. citizens before qualifying for the Louisiana ballot wasn’t Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal’s idea but he will gladly endorse it if he gets the chance. Jindal press...

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – Jewish groups and others are up at arms over an attempt to outlaw male circumcision in San Francisco by putting the issue to a popular vote. Self-described “intactivist” Lloyd Schofield has been collecting...

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel can run for mayor of Chicago, the Illinois high court ruled on Thursday, overturning a lower court ruling earlier this week to exclude him. Some residents of Chicago have...

Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly has come up with one more reason for his viewers not to watch MSNBC. The host of The O’Reilly Factor warned Monday that there could be mass suicides on the air at MSNBC if Democrats sustain major losses...

‘Personhood amendment’ campaigners had previously compared embryos to slaves Using the term “fertilized egg” is “the same thing as using the N-word,” says the pro-life minister behind a Colorado campaign to...

NY GOP official: Party will go to court to get its candidate off ballot over ‘racist’ essay Republicans will try to remove their own candidate from the ballot in a suburban New York congressional race because he wrote an article...

A ballot initiative to legalize marijuana in California could help propel endangered incumbent Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) to re-election in November, according to a respected polling expert. The presence of the pot legalization measure,...

The free-spending role of corporations in California’s electoral system has come under fire as the state prepares to vote on two referendum which opponents have condemned as a “hijacking” of democracy. Whether its a bid to...